North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences - animalshttp://naturalsciences.org/tags/animals
enScience Cafe: Giant, Bomb-Sniffing African Rats!http://naturalsciences.org/audio-video/science-cafe-giant-bomb-sniffing-african-rats
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>While some rats may have bad rap, the African giant pouched rat (<em>Cricetomys ansorgei</em>) is helping to save lives in Tanzania. These rodents have an acute sense of smell and are trained to sniff out landmines and even detect tuberculosis in patients. From their pouched cheeks to their scaly tails, these large rats can grow up to 3 feet long and are as common in Tanzania as an Eastern gray squirrel is here. But much remains to be learned about the behavior and biology of these amazing African creatures. Dr. Danielle Lee is making history with her behavioral research on the incredible African giant pouched rat.</p>
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<h2>About Our Speaker</h2>
<p><a href="http://about.me/DNLee" target="_blank">Dr. Danielle N. Lee</a> is an animal behavior scientist completing postdoctoral work in a laboratory at Oklahoma State University that will soon be moving to Cornell University. Dr. Lee’s research blends the animal behavior fields of psychology, ethology, and behavioral ecology, and her studies use field and laboratory experiments to identify individual behavior variations, or behavioral syndromes. </p>
<p>Dr. Lee earned a BS in Animal Science from Tennessee Technological University, MS in vertebrate zoology at the University of Memphis, and PhD at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Dr. Lee is perhaps best known online for her <em>Scientific American</em> blog, <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/urban-scientist/">The Urban Scientist</a>, described as, “a hip hop maven blogging on urban ecology, evolutionary biology &amp; diversity in the sciences." On Twitter as <a href="http://twitter.com/dnlee5">@DNLee5</a>, Dr. Lee has been named by the City University of New York’s Feminist Press as one of the “Top Women in Science to Follow on Twitter” and the <em>Huffington Post Science</em> list, “30 Biologists and Chemists to Follow on Twitter.” </p>
<p>From examining the biology of vacant urban lots in America to tagging pouched rats near Tanzanian homes, Lee is passionate about communicating science to wide audiences and introducing them to science in their own backyard. </p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/animals" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">animals</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/animal-behavior" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">animal behavior</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/danielle-lee" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Danielle Lee</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-length field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Length [hh:mm.ss]:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">00:54.44</div></div></div>Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:30:44 +0000karen.swain3258 at http://naturalsciences.orgScience Cafe: The Human Animal Bondhttp://naturalsciences.org/audio-video/science-cafe-human-animal-bond
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>When we think of the human-animal bond, we most often think of companion animals (pets) and how they enrich our lives. But animals also touch our lives in other ways — from the food we eat, the products we consume and the health care advances we enjoy to the entertainment and support services they provide. The relationship humans have with animals is complex and influenced by culture, religion, class, society — even our employment. Join us for a conversation about the many positive roles animals play in our lives and in our society.</p>
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<h2>About the Speaker</h2>
<p>Jeannine Moga is a licensed clinical social worker whose specialties include human-animal relationships, including the connections between human health/well-being and animal health/well-being, the role animals have in our lives and society, animal loss and animal-assisted interventions. Jeannine provides counseling and support to clients of NC State University’s Veterinary Health Complex and lectures widely about the human-animal bond, family-centered veterinary care and compassion fatigue to professionals in mental health, veterinary medicine and animal welfare.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://naturalsciences.org/sciencethursdays">Science Thursdays</a></strong></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/jeannine-moga" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Jeannine Moga</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/animals" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">animals</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/humans" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">humans</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pets" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pets</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/dogs" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">dogs</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/cats" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">cats</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/horses" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">horses</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/birds" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">birds</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-length field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Length [hh:mm.ss]:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">01:02.12</div></div></div>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:34:10 +0000karen.swain3214 at http://naturalsciences.orgTeen Science Cafe: Animal Movement with Roland Kayshttp://naturalsciences.org/audio-video/teen-science-cafe-animal-movement-roland-kays
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>Simple Rules to Move By: Coordinated Movement in Groups of Animals and Teenagers</strong></p>
<p>New research on animal movement is revealing how the amazing coordinated movements of animal groups, such as schools of fish or flocks of birds, are an emergent property of each individual following a few simple decision rules. At our May 3rd Open Minds Teen Science Café, Dr. Roland Kays will review these recent findings, and explain how he is testing some of these results in primates, for the first time, with a new baboon tracking program in Kenya. Then, he will lead us through an exercise to see if we can use flocking behavior like animals to effectively move through space and avoid predation!</p>
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<h2>About the Speaker</h2>
<p>Dr. Roland Kays is the Director of the Museum’s Biodiversity and Earth Observation Research Lab. He is also a Professor in the Fisheries, Wildlife &amp; Conservation Program at NC State University, and a Research Associate at the Smithsonian. Roland is interested in how, where, and why animals move, and his research typically involves bringing the latest technology into the wild parts of the world to discover new things. His work has allowed him to explore tropical rainforests, African savannas, and suburban woodlots. His primary expertise is with mammals, and he has published papers on lions, coyotes, sloths, agoutis, ocelots, and kinkajous. However, he feels that any species can lead to good research if the scientific question is interesting, and he has also worked on toucans, egrets, orchid bees, and even the movement of plant seeds. His field work often involves running around in the woods chasing after animals, and to stay in shape between projects he plays ultimate Frisbee, rides off-road unicycles, and tries to keep up with his two young sons.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://naturalsciences.org/teenscience">Open Minds: Teen Science Cafes</a></strong></p>
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